Chance School Jump Rope Exhibition

At the end of the last summer season Erin could jump rope.  But I'm sure she couldn't jump more than just a few times before messing up.  Maybe getting 5 or 6 jumps in before missing. Not anymore.  I believe she could jump all day.

She jumps on one foot, two feet, turns around, jumps with rope going backward.  Those pigtails were really flying!  It was fun to watch.  All those kids did a good job, and looked like they were have a ball!

The she jumped with one of her friends, Morgan.  Morgan turned the rope and jumped while Erin came in, jumped a few jumps, ran out and around to the back and joined back in again. She did this several times.  It was neat. They missed a couple of times, but went right back into the routine.  Their teacher said they'ed only practiced it once, but wanted to do it in the exhibition.

Then they did the Skip-it.  That's a rope with a loop you put on one leg and the rope has a ball on the other end.  As you spin it around you jump the rope.  Easily one of those things that would cause me grave injury if I tried it.  But, Erin does it with ease.









It was a lot of fun to watch. In this age where so many kids sit in the house on their tails watching TV and playing video games, it was great to see youngsters having fun and getting some great exercise.  And with the skill they exhibited, you know they spent a lot of time learning and practicing.....getting a lot of exercise and having fun while doing it.

Tuesday Golf at Shawnee GC for Round 10 this Year

I find golf to be rather rough this time of year.  I've said before that my goal is to play a round with nothing worse than a bogey.  This time of year I find it impossible.
Today I shot a 42 - 45 = 87.  I don't think I had any triple bogey's today, but I had enough doubles.  Each part of my game is bad, only at different times. The only part of my game that has been consistantly good this time of year is my drives. But, because of the cool air and soft fairways, they're not as long as they would be in the summer.  But they've been solid and down the middle. Once again, the Shawnee fairways are very barren and many areas are dried mud from the flood with a little grass sticking through. The greens were better this week.  They'd been able to take care of them now that all the debris has been cleared.
I don't know why I get so frustrated with my game this time of year. But I do. I hit so many 'good' shots, that I expect them all to be good. I guess I just need to take a deep breath, relax, and chill out. But this time of year sure is frustrating on the golf course.

It was nice to enjoy a basketball game again

It's been a few years since I've enjoyed watching basketball.  I've never watched NBA games, and for the past several years I haven't watched much NCAA basketball. Only checking in on them every once in a while to see the score.  But today I watched the Bellarmine-BYU Hawaii game for the National Championship. I watched it all the way from tip-off to final buzzer.  It was the first time in a long time I really cared who won, and the first time in a long time I really, really enjoyed watching a basketball game.  Thanks Bellarmine Knights! You made my day. And Congratulations!

Spring golf - Who knows what the weather will be.

Tuesday I played in shorts for the first time this year and it was hot.  Today, I don't think it ever got out of the 30's......and I was cold!  But I walked 18 at Shawnee for round 9 of the year.  I shot a 41 - 46 = 87.  Once again, I really hit a lot of good shots, but can't get rid of those clunkers that fatten up the score.  I think I play this way every Spring, though.  My short game isn't sharp enough to overcome the few really bad shots I make.  But, overall, I'm pleased with how I'm hitting them for this early in the year.  Shawnee GC was pretty rough, having been covered by the Ohio River just a week ago.  The greens needed to be blown off, but I think all the workers were busy cleaning up driftwood and other debris from the course.  The greens were full of leafy debris and handn't been cut or rolled for awhile.  This made for pretty 'tricky' putting, not knowing how slow or fast each green was going to be and on long putts you couldn't clean all the stuff out of your way.  Just putt and hope for the best.  I did have 2 birdies today.  Hole #6, nice shot and about a 12 foot putt.  Then a chip in for a birdie on 18 from off the front of the green.  As the season goes on I'll get those big number holes under control and start lowering my score.  Just you wait!

Hitting good shots but not scoring well

I think I played golf sorta Jekyll and Hyde today.  I really hit a lot of nice shots but my score doesn't show it.  I played Iroquois GC today because Shawnee GC was still littered with debris from the high water.  I shot a 47 - 40 = 87.  Three or four really ugly shots, a couple of almost good shots, then a 3 putt from 2 feet, lipping out two putts, and the score seems to baloooooooooon!  But, overall, I was happy with the way I played.  Just need to fine tune some of those really ugly shots. 
It was still very wet out there today and windy.  Not my best playing conditions.  I don't think the ground will dry out until the first part of June, so I can't expect to get any roll on my drives.  I played in shorts today for the first time this year.  White legs and all.  It's supposed to cool off again, so it'll be in the  50's Thursday, when I play again. Even though it was windy today, the temperature was in the 70's and it was really nice to walk 18 holes in warm weather.  I believe this was round 9 for the year.  Nope, just checked.  It's round 8 for the year!

Looking at both sides of the coin

I thought I would post a picture of both sides of the these tokens.  I looked them up and I believe the Lincoln one is worth a little bit.  It's in good shape as far as being very 'readable', just has the rusted look from being in the ground for many years.
The American Legion token is in good shape, also.  It seems to have a value of several dollars.  I would venture to guess that they have both been in the ground for close to 70 years.

Yard Finds

I metal detected with Mark today.  We detected in two yards in Clarksville, and one in Louisville on Highland Avenue.  Pictured above is what I found, less a lot of other garbage I already threw away. When detecting in yards you find a lot of pieces of aluminum trimmed from gutters, siding, soffet undersides, etc.  And I found a lot of that today. 

I found this big Lucky Charms coin.  I don't know what that was used for.  Also, beside it is an American Legion medallion commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Armistace in WWI.  The date on it is 1938 so I guess that's when it came out.  Next to that is some type of Readers Digest Stamp. The other honorable mentions are the Lincoln coin.  I don't know what that was from, but it just has written on the back that Lincoln was the 16th President, and served all during the Civil War.  Next to that, 2 Wheat Pennies, a 1934 and 1935.  They're neat.  I found a total of $1.42.  I don't know how much Mark found.  I know he found a 1940 penny.  We detected for probably 5 hours.  It was fun and I really liked being able to get out and detect with Mark.  We don't get to do that nearly enough!